Shirt or dress placket



(No Model.) 2 SheetsSheet 2.

V. E. LAVALLIEL SHIRT 0R DRESS PLAUKET.

N0. 330,498. Patented Nov. 17, 1885.

NIT-ED STATES VICTORIA E. LAVALLIE, OF ST. ALBANS, VERMONT.

SHIRT OR DRESS PLACKET.

fiPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 330,498, datedNovember 17, 1885.

Application filed March 20, 1885.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, VICTORIA E. LAVALLIE, a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at St. Albans, inthe county of Franklin and State ofVermont, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Shirt,&c.,Plackets; and I do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exactdescription of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in theart to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being hadto the accompanying drawings, and to the letters and figures ofreference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

The object of my invent-ion is to provide a placket for theslit-openings of shirts, overalls, &c., one made from a single piece ofcloth and having when attached, no seam at the edge of the facing, butpresenting an edge of solid cloth, whether the tearing strain comes fromthe right or left, the bottom of the placket being also of whole cloth.A further object is to do away with the objectionable thicknesses ofcloth usual to devices of this kind, and to have the outer facing of theplacket lap well over the inner, giving a finished appearance anddispensing with the second button.

My invention consists in a peculiar method of attaching theplacket-blank, shaped as shown, to the slit-opening of a shirt orsuitable garment, whereby a placket is produced whose bottom and tearingedges are of whole, folded, and seamless cloth, and whose outer facinglaps by the innersufficiently to ordinarily conceal it and dispense witha second button.

In the drawings, Figure l is a plan view of the placket-blank. Fig. 2 isa plan view showing the manner of attaching the long side of theplacket-blank. Fig. 3 is a plan view showing the larger portion of theplacketblank ready to be turned over to form the outer facing andshield, the inner facing being turned under. Fig. 4 is a front elevationshowing the appearance of the placket when the slit-opening is closed.Fig. 5 is a perspective view showing the placket partly open.

Like letters refer to like parts. Referring to the blank, (see Fig. 1,)it will Serial No. 150,577. (No model.)

be seen that it is a single piece of cloth. The larger or rectangularportion A forms the outer facing, and terminates in the somewhat pointedand narrower portion B, which forms the outer shield, and the stillnarrower portion or strip 0, which forms the inner face of the placket.

Besides the advantage of making a placket of whole cloth, it will beevident that my blank can often be cut from waste cloth.

I do not limit myself to the exact form of the blank shown, and proposeto use any fair equivalent.

The said blank is applied to form a placket as follows: If it is to beapplied to a shirtopening, for instance, spread out the slit until.edges of the cloth body form a straight line, (see Fig. 2,) and placeunderneath the blank so that the edge of the long side of it shall lieunder the edge of the cloth body, then fasten the parts together by asingle seam about one-fourth of an inch from the edges. Now spread outthe cloth body and the blank fiat, turn over the free edge of the narrowstrip 0 about one-fourth of an inch and lap the whole onto the clothbody, single-seaming it to place, thus forming the narrow or inner faceof the placket, said face being from one-half to five-eighths of an inchwide, or as the case may be. The inner facing being completed, turn itback to its natural place under the portionAof the blank. (See Fig. 3.)Now turn over the free edge of the portions A and B of the blank,say,one-fourth of an inch, and lap the whole over onto the cloth body,fastening to place by double-stitching down and around to the-bottom ofthe placket, and then horizontally across, thus forming the outer facingand the shield below. (See Fig. 4.)

Preferably, the portion A of the blank should ICC by folding the blank,they will resist strain from any direction, as they present theresistance of whole cloth.

My placket is simple and strong, and presents a finished look, whetherfrom the inside or outside, and the seams are so arranged as to give theleast thickness of cloth.

Having fully described my invention, what Iclaim, and desire to secureby Letters Patent,

The method of attaching to a shirt-opening a placket-blank comprisingthe portions A, B, and O,which consists, first, in single-seaming thelong side of the blank to the slit opening, then folding over andstitching to the cloth body the portion 0, to form the nar- VICTORIA E.LAVALLIE.

Witnesses:

NATHAN N, PosT, F. I. HOUGHTON.

